Fred Bell vs. Dick Cogan — Career Comparison

Fred Bell
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Cogan
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Bell built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Cogan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Bell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.51 and WHIP 1.436 compared to 5 and 1.852 for Dick Cogan. By the career numbers, Fred Bell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Bell and Dick Cogan

Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.67
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.33
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.04
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.83
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.56
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.33
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.52
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.5
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.92
51.92
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.5
62.5
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.5
62.5
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.65
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.83
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
4.51
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
5
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.47
5.47
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.14
6.14
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.374
0.374
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1293
27
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
27
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
431
9
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
9
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
8.54
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
11.33
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.33
11.33
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.25
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
4.39
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
5.33
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
4.05
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.67
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.937
0.937
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.778
0.778
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.25
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.33
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.4
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.83
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1357
28.34
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
43.17
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.29
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.5
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
5.47
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
6.83
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.47
5.47
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.83
6.83
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.69
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.38
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.436
1.436
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.852
1.852
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1095
22.87
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
37
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.447
0.447
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.318
0.318
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.34
28.34
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.17
43.17

Fielding Stats for Fred Bell and Dick Cogan

Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
2.22
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.4
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.27
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1530
27
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
27
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
510
9
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
9
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.95
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.94
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
2.15
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.64
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.21
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.58
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
3.32
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
3.16
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
3.11
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
2.57
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.62
93.62
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.48
81.48
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.397
1.397
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.833
1.833
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Bell and Dick Cogan

Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
146
241.99
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
12
184.62
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
362
600
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
39
600
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
315
522.1
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
523.08
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.844
0.844
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.615
0.615
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
140.88
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
6
92.31
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
89.5
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
46.15
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
16.57
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
14.92
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
19.89
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
51.38
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
46.15
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.365
0.365
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.31
88.35
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
3.24
49.85
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
246.96
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
11
169.23
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
193.92
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
10
153.85
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.337
0.337
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.473
0.473
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.324
0.324
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.81
0.81
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.587
0.587
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.839
0.839
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.536
0.536
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
99.45
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
61.54
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
97.79
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
61.54
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
177.35
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
8
123.08
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.93
94.36
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
3.26
50.19
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.66
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
51.38
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
46.15
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
61.54
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.75
9.75
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Cogan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
24.86
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
19.89
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
19.89
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Bell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dick Cogan
Career
Per 600 PA